clinical features

Last reviewed 01/2018

The characteristic clinical features include:

  • polyneuropathy
  • mononeuritis multiplex
  • mononeuropathy
  • syringomyelia-like syndrome
  • bilateral facial paralysis
  • lymphadenopathy, especially of the tonsils

Laboratory examination reveals:

  • low total cholesterol
  • almost absent HDL & apolipoproteins A-I & A-II
  • leukopaenia
  • thrombocytopaenia